Searching on the National Library website
Not sure how the search options work on the National Library of New Zealand website? Have a look at this video for some great tips.
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National Library logo and url natlib.govt.nz
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Music plays
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People entering the National Library building on Molesworth St, Wellington
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Haere mai and welcome to the National Library and Alexander Turnbull Library
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The National Library website landing page. The cursor selects the ‘Collections’ tab, then scrolls down the Collections page, before clicking on the National Library Catalogue link.
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At the Library we have two distinct collections. First we have a published collection, which includes a copy of almost everything published
in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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The National Library catalogue. The cursor clicks in the search box.
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This includes books, magazines, newspapers, sound recordings, maps, web-sites and much more. These items are all listed in The National Library of New Zealand Catalogue.
We also have a collection of unpublished items, including manuscripts, diaries, letters, drawings, oral histories and more.
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The National Library website Collections page. The cursor clicks on the Tiaki link and is taken to the homepage for the Alexander Turnbull Library catalogue for unpublished collections page. The cursor clicks in the Title search box.
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These items are all listed in Tiaki, the Alexander Turnbull Library's catalogue for unpublished collections.
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The National Library catalogue homepage. The cursor clicks on the collection search drop-down menu and selects Index New Zealand.
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As well as these two catalogues, we also have several other databases.
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The National Library catalogue. The cursor clicks on the collection search drop-down menu and selects Index New Zealand.
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including Index New Zealand which contains abstracts and descriptions of articles from New Zealand magazines and newspapers.
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The Papers Past webpage.
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And Papers Past which is a text-searchable database of digitised newspapers, magazines, letters, and more.
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The National Library website landing page. The cursor clicks on the magnifying glass search icon. The search box drops down. The cursor clicks on more search options.
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If you want to search all of these databases at once, so you can find everything that we have on your chosen topic the best place to start is by using the search
function on our website.You can do a basic search, and advanced search options are available by clicking on More search options.
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A page of search results for the term birds, the cursor scrolls down the page demonstrating the various filter options. The cursor then clicks on the view gallery tab at the top of the page.
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Once you have done your initial search you will notice a whole lot of filters become available on the left. You can click on these to filter your results by
specific criteria, including format, date range, subject and others.
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A page of search results the term bird, displayed in gallery view. The cursor clicks on the gallery view tab which shows the search results as images. The cursor scrolls down the page. The cursor clicks.
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You will also notice some tabs along the top. These allow you to view your search results in other ways including a gallery-style view of digitised images,
and also a map view.Once you have found something that you are interested in, you can click on it to view a fuller record.
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A catalogue record for an image of huia birds including a larger version of the image. The cursor scrolls down the page to demonstrate the extra metadata. The cursor clicks on the See Original Record button. A tiaki catalogue record for the same image.
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This will include a bit more information about the item. If you then decide you would like to view or listen to this item. If you then decide you would like to view or listen to this item you will need to open the record in its native
database by clicking See original record.
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The collections page of National Library website. The cursor clicks on the Ask a Librarian icon. The contact details section of the National Library website.
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If you have any questions or need help, please contact us by clicking Ask a Librarian or by phoning 0800 474 300.
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National Library logo and natlib.govt.nz
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